After all these days of orientation, I'm finally back to update my blog. I'm in now is Grace's house now. Alright, I was rather full of myself and I proclaimed that I would be able to reach her house on my own, without her guidance. In the end, I alighted at the wrong stop and I had to pathetically walk in the storm to get myself to her house. I'm freezing cold now, drenched from the rain and her fan was blowing right at my butt. Lol.


Orientation 2006 : Kaleidoscope of Life. 3/1 - 7/1


Admin Day 1

The ogls arrived school at 630am, feeling high and anticipated. After the short briefing and warm-up by Mr Leow, we were all ready to welcome our fellow new J1s. At the start, it was extremely chaotic as we guided them to their respective ogs. Some came up to me, claiming that their ogls didn't call them. So the command centre was filled with perplexed J1s. As the day went on, it became more and more boring with all the talks lined up. I could feel that the J1s were almost suffocated by the boredom. Lol. In any case, we had family games and mass dance to liven up the spirit. The ogls cheered and cheered.


Admin Day 2

The ogls came with greater enthusiasm. More and more talks came up. Then it was the subject registration. When everyone from og 11 came back from their registration, we sat down together. Me and Grace were teaching them JJ claps, songs and cheers. They were still pretty held back and refused to do the actions. Lol. While I was walking around our family, Chong Tat's og 15 were learning the JJ clap. So I got myself into the og and lended him a helping hand in the teaching of JJ clap. The day ended quite early for them. But not for us ogls. We stayed behind for our debrief and we had our camp dry run. We were all very excited about the camp.


Camp Day 1

We had games and mass dance. Mass dance was extremely fun for the 4 of us: me, Clarence (not my bf), Chong Tat and Su Paing. We were making fools out of ourselves by pushing and punching each other. We were like crazy people and campers ran away when they saw us. Lol. As vice family head, I had to keep running to the command centre and the PE Porch to get attendance about 4 times a day. During family time, the ogls introduced themselves. So Paterson introduced me as the vice head and said that I was attached. Then that Grace said I was attached to Clarence. There is an ogl in F3 by the name of Clarence. So me and that Clarence got so awkward. and because of that, the whole of F3 mistook us for couple. Zzzz. Thanks ah Grace.


In the evening, the campers went to bathe but we ogls couldn't bathe yet. We had to endure with the sweat and the smell till midnight. After dinner, Wei Yuan tried to talk some sense out of the guys in og 11 and I was almost tearing. What he said definitely did have some sense, and I could see the guys feeling remorse. Then we had the singing session at LT5. We ogls stood together and at a point of time, some of us teared, including me. The ogls had their shoulders linked and Chong Tat and Alaric were beside me. They saw me crying and they tried to comfort me by squeezing my shoulders. That small gesture did comforted me. Then, we had our Night Game and og 11 came in the FIRST. I'm so proud of them. Haha. Then it was bedtime for the campers. The ogls had a debrief and we went for shower at 2am. We gathered in the canteen and chatted. In the hall, the few of us were laughing so hard at some guy who slept talk. It was so funny. At 4 plus, Grace, me, Sebastian, Paterson and Chong Tat went to sleep together.


Camp Day 2

The ogls woke up at 5am. That is to say we only had 1 hour of sleep. This day was the longest day out of the 3 camp days because we had a lot of games. In the morning, we had PT. Then we went for breakfast and we went for Telematch. I was the target of a lot of campers and ogls because I ka jiao them with squashed papaya, water bombs and flour. So they wanted to get back at me and all of them ganged up together and pinned me down on the ground and threw flour and all sorts of nonsense on me. After the game, I went to the guy's toilet to wash up and we went up the hall for mass dance. I didn't really have a fixed partner. I danced with ogls and I danced with J1s too. The next game was World of Combat. All of us had fun playing it. What most comforting was that my og got united and they cheered with better gutso. After all the dirty games, the campers went to bathe, but not us ogls. Then it was JJ night, with lots of dancing, singing and cheering. After the singing, I cried again. Because so many J1s came and hugged me, even those who were not from my og. To the other ogs from F3, I was just their family head and I didn't interact with them. But the gratitude they wanted to pass to me despite our lack of interaction really made me cried. After the campers went to sleep, the ogls stayed up the night to make souvenirs for our campers. I was already very tired and bushed but I persevered on. At 3am plus, me and Grace couldn't take it and we went to sleep.


Camp Day 3

The ogls woke up at 530am. We had E-Web today. I cried again (the 3rd time). Becasue E-Web was a game that involved a lot of stirring up of emotions. After E-Web, we gathered in the hall. As Mr Leow thanked the ogls and the councillors, I cried again (the 4th time). Well, in that kind of atmosphere, anyone would have teared. Even the male ogls cried. Mr Leow and Mr Ng cried too. Almost all the ogls and councillors cried. Then, it was time for break camp. The feeling was perfectly expressed by these lyrics : "I want to linger here. A little longer here. A little longer here with you."


Afterwards, we went for lunch at the hawker. Though all of us were tired but we were still laughing and chatting. Then all of us went home and I sat Chong Tat's car home.


Because of this camp, I got to know a lot a lot of friends. And I had made really good friends like Sebastian, Alaric and Chong Tat. Throughout the camp, the 4 of us, including Grace always hanged around together because of a common cause : Hunting Season. I will never forget all the ogls and I really want to thank them. I know many ogls (including me) had lost their voices, so please drink lots of water and take care yeah?